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Causes of Knee Effusions - Differential Diagnosis Framework

Knee Effusion Red Flags:
1. Fever/Chills/Joint pain/Night sweats/Weight loss
	- DDX:
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Causes of Knee Effusions ... arthritis - SLE ... Reactive Syndrome - Acute ... - Synovium - Oral ... differential #diagnosis #msk
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Clinical Domains:
 • Constitutional domain: Fever
 • Cutaneous domain: Non-scarring
EULAR/ACR Classification ... Non-scarring alopecia, Oral ... discoid lupus, Acute ... or pericardial effusion ... #Criteria #SLE
Lymphomas and Lymphoproliferative Disorders - Differential Diagnosis Algorithm
Hodgkin Lymphoma ~40% - Characteristic For Reed-Sternberg (RS) Cells
Differential Diagnosis Algorithm ... can have extra nodal ... Treated Like Acute ... Amy Chung, MD, MSc ... Lymphoproliferative #Disorders #Classification
SLE (Systemic Lupus Erythematosus)

Suspect:
Clinical evidence of (fatigue, rash, photosensitivity, inflammatory arthritis, weight loss, and fever) and
sedimentation rate + Normal ... Skin Disease Classification ... : • Acute cutaneous ... Lungs: • Pleural effusions ... • Acute lupus
#ICUCard
RENAL
GFR
90-131
mL/min
((140-age)*Wt)/(72*Cr)
Glomerular Filtration Rate (Cockcroft)
CI Cr
90-131
mL/min
(CrU * volume)/CrS
Creatinine Clearance
FENa
0.0-1.0
%
((U/P Na)/(U/P Cr))*100
Fractional Excretion of Na+
Na req
mEq
(125-Na)*0.6*Wt
Required Sodium
FE Urea
ТРСО2 → Тнсоз acute ... IPCO2 → ІнСО3 acute ... PaCO2 > 50mmHg (acute ... 70 mmHg on 100% mask ... NS = normal saline
Causes of Lactate Elevation, Lactic Acidosis - Differential Diagnosis

The most common causes of hyperlactatemia are usually:
again we might see ... / hypoxemia -> focus ... cardiac output - Acute ... peritonitis - Acute ... #typea #typeb #classification